Drill for fertilizers and seeds



Feb. 16 1926. I 1,573,4

E. B. HEYD DRILL FOR FERTILIZERS AND SEEDS Filed July 2, 1925 35INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY wheat, oats, corn,

distributing lime, land-plaster, and other Fatented Feb. 1%, 1926.

erase Parr ES'LER B. HEYD, 0F GAEBEJTSVILLE, (DEED.

DRILL FUR. FEETI'L'IZEES AND SEEDS.

Application filed July 2, 192-5. Serial 1T0. 41,027.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Esme B. HEYD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Garrettsville, in the county of Portage and f State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Drills for Fertilizers andSeeds, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to drills forvplanting and other seeds and forfertilizers.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and efiicient agitatorand feed for drills of the type just mentioned It is advantageous toprovide some means for agitating the material to be distributed by thedrill in order to prevent its bridging over the discharge openings forthe material. 1

29 prefer to have the agitating means close to bottom of thedistributing box so as to ensure that the discharge openings shall bekept clear of obstructions and supplied with a practically uniform andcontinuous supply of seed fertilizer.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a view showing thedistributing box, the feed tubes and the feed-regulating slide invertical section, and the other parts in front elevation; Fig. 2, a planview of a portion of the drill, parts being broken away; and Fig. 3, across-section of Fig. 1, parts being broken away. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof one of the agitators 19.

On the drawings, I have shown only a portion of a drill, the usual draftmechanism and the hoes and their controlling devices being omitted. 1designates the box or con tainer for the material to be drilled ordistributed. It has the sides 2, the ends 3, and

the trough-shaped bottom 4 provided at suitable intervals with thevertical discharge openings 5, elongated parallel with the sides 2.-

6 is a feed-regulating slide movable 1ongitudinally on the lower side ofthe bottom 4 and having the openings 7 adapted to register with theopenings 5. The slide is moved by the lever 11 having one end pivoted at8 on a bracket 9 and an intermediate part pivoted at 10 to the slide.The slide slides on the feed-tubes 12, each having a recess 13 (see Fig.3) in its upper end to receive the slide, the recess being as deep asthe slide is thick, so that the feed-tubes may hold the slide in contactwith the bottom of the box 1 and prevent any loose movement of theslide. lhe feed-tubes have lat eral lugs 14 through which the bolts 15pass to secure them to the box 1.

The box 1 is supported at each end by a wheel 17 connected to the axleor shaft 18,-

whose axial center lies in the axial center of the trough-like bottom 4.On the shaft 18 is secured a number of agitating or feed is vertical, asin Figs. 1 and 3. its lower extremity will just touch thefbottom of thetrough. The portions of each devicebe tween the said axes are shaped-tojust touch the bottom and sides of the trough as they pass beneath theaxis of the shaft 18 from one side of the trough to the other Eachdevice 19 is inclined to the shaft preferably so as to cause theextremities of its longest axis to sweep longitudinally of the trough alength about equal to the distance between consecutive openings 5.

Between consecutive devices 19 the shaft 18 is provided with otheragitating and feeding devices 20 each of'which comprises a hub 21provided with a number of radially arranged blades or paddles 22, whoseends pass close to the inner surface of the trou h 4 and sweep across anopening 5, whereby the material in the box 1 is agitated and feddownwardly to each opening 5.

The feed devices 19 are preferably made in halves secured to the shaftby bolts 23 passing through projections 24 on the halves, and theadjacent edges of the halves are separated by the spaces 25, so thatsome of the material in the box may pass through the same and therebyprovide additional feed to points below the devices 19.

'As' the drill is drawn on the wheels 17, the shaft 18 and thefeed-devices 19 and 20 are rotated. The devices 19 agitate the materialin the box and sweep it back and forth between the openings, down whichit falls in. streams limited by the longitudinal adjustment of the slide6 in a manner well known. The feed-devices 19 having considerableinclination to the shaft, for ex- ;ample, about 45 degrees, feed thematerial to thefeed-devices 20. The devices 19 sweep the bottom of thebox clean between the to contain the material to be drilled andconsecutive feed-openings 5, while the dehaving discharge openings inits bottom, a 40 vices 20 sweep the material over the said rotatableshaft in the box, a plurality of openings without feeding any materialporoblong feeding devices secured to the shaft tion beyond them. andinclined to the shaft, the said feeding I claim: devices being arrangedbetween consecutive 1. In a drill for grain or fertilizer, a boxdischarge 0 .enings, and other feeding de- 45 to contain the material tobe drilled and vices carried bv the shaft between successive havingdischarge openings in its bottom, a members of the first feeding devicesand rotatable shaft in the box, a pluralit of sweeping across and closeto the said ope noblong feeding devices secured to the s aft 'ings, thefirst feeding devices arranged to and inclined to the shaft, the saidfeeding sweep the said material into the path of ad- 59 devices beingarranged between consecutive jacent second feeding devices on eitherside discharge 0 enings, and other feeding dethereof, the first feedingdevices having vices carried by the shaft between succesradial openingsfor the passage of some of sive members of the first feeding devicessaidmaterial. I and sweeping across and close to the said 4. In a drillfor grain or fertilizer, a box 55 openings, the first feeding devicesbeing to contain the material to be drilled and arranged to sweep thesaid material into the having discharge openings in its bottom, a pathof adjacent second fe ding devices on rotatable shaft in the box, apluralit of either side thereof. oblong devices secured to the shaft andin- 2. In a drill for grain or fertilizer, a box clined to the shaft,the said feeding de- 00 to contain the material to be drilled andhavvices being arranged between consecutive ing discharge openings inits bottom, a discharge openings and each havinga sweep rotatable shaftin the box, a pluralit of longitudinally of the shaft of about theoblong feeding devices secured to the s laft, distance betweenconsecutive discharge ogienthe said feeding devices being arrangedbeings, and other feeding devices carrie by tween consecutive dischargeopenings, and theshaft between successive members of the each having aswce longitudinally of the first feeding devices, the first feedingdeshaft of about the d stance between consecuvices arranged to sweep thesaid material tive discharge openings, and other feeding into the pathof adjacent second feeding dedevices carried by the shaft betweensucvices on either side thereof, the first feeding cessive members ofthe first feeding dedevices being made in halves with spaces vices, thefirst feeding devices being arbetween the halves.

- ranged tosweep the said material into the In testimony whereof, Ihereunto ailix my path of adjacent second feeding devices on signature.either side thereof. 7

3. In a drill for grain or'fer'tilizer, a box E. B. HEYD.

